On the Power of Being Awful

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A Trump rally
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– Commentary from elsewhere covered by Quincy Quarry News with further commentary added.

 

On the power of being awful. 

 

The New York Times recently featured a viable opening argument about the festering appearance of a slowing economy, along with other intertwined observations.

 

What goes up usually comes down later
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“Almost nobody ever admits being wrong about anything — and the wronger they were, the less willing they are to concede error.

 

For example, when Bloomberg surveyed a group of economists who had predicted that Ben Bernanke’s policies would cause runaway inflation, they literally couldn’t find a single person willing to admit, after years of low inflation, having been mistaken.”

 

“FYI: not my fault”
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“Now think about what it means to have voted for Trump.”

 

At the same time, Quincy Quarry would care to add the following: at a least pause in the economic recovery after the Crash of 2008 was inevitable no matter who was elected President last November. 

 

How big a pause, however, is the gazillion dollar question.

 

That and how the Quarry can only properly hope for a successful Trump Presidency as quite literally the fate of the world could hang in the balance.

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